Sky Cana

Sky Holdings Corporation d/b/a Sky Cana Airlines is a virtual airline with ACMI contracted operators headquartered in Santo Domingo.[4] It will start scheduled services to Caribbean and the United States from its two hubs: Las Américas International Airport and Cibao International Airport. The services offered are transfer, freight, overflight, helicopter, advertising, air ambulance, and tour services. The new airline of the Dominican Republic is set to start flights from New York-JFK to Santiago de los Caballeros and Santo Domingo airports with two flights daily.[5]

Sky Cana
IATA ICAO Callsign
RD SNA CANA
Founded2014
Commenced operations30 January 2021[1]
Hubs
Alliance
Fleet size3[2]
Destinations4
HeadquartersSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
Key peopleFrank Díaz, CEO[3]
Websiteskycana.com

History

In 2016, LOGICPAQ received its AOC from the Dominican Republic's civil aviation authority and planned to offer regular and charter flights between the Dominican Republic to Colombia, Mexico and United States for and on behalf of tour operators.[6] Its first aircraft, an Airbus A321, was delivered on 28 November 2020.[7]

Mid-January 2021, Sky Cana was the 1st airline in the Americas to offer flights to nowhere,[8] a type of flights in which people board an aircraft for a nominal fee, and it flies around the city for about an hour before returning to the airport of origin, allowing fliers to sight-see in their own city from the air.

Final of January 2021, Sky Cana was designated by the Dominican Professional Baseball League "LIDOM" to operate the flight for the National Champion Baseball Team 2021 Águilas Cibaeñas to Mazatlán, Mexico. representing the Dominican Republic in 2021 Caribbean Series.

Destinations
Main article: List of Sky Cana destinations

As of September 2021, Sky Cana Airlines gradually in a period of three years while having all the flights in charter as well. The CEO of the company, Frank Diaz, states that the airline plans to have three major hubs while receiving many seasonal flights in major touristic cities such as Punta Cana.[9][10]

Fleet
A Sky Cana Airbus A321-200 parked at José María Córdova International Airport in 2021

As of December 2021, the Sky Cana fleet consists of the following aircraft:[11][2]

Sky Cana fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A321-200 3 — 220 Leased from Avion Express Malta
Total 3 —

So far, the airline's aircraft are each decorated with the name of a specific tourist destination in the Dominican Republic. The first aircraft is labeled as "Go Puerto Plata", the second one is labeled as "Go Samaná" and the third one is labeled "Go Punta Cana". It is currently unknown if next aircraft will continue this trend, as their cargo craft ATR-72 F is labeled only as "LogicPaq".

See also

References
  1. "Sky Cana is a new airline in the Dominican Republic". Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. "Sky Cana Fleet Details and History". Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  3. "Sky Cana official website". Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  4. "Nosotros – Sky Cana | We're taking off" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  5. Sky Cana New York ready to connect with Santo Domingo and Santiago
  6. https://www.arecoa.com/aerolineas/2021/04/02/aterriza-punta-cana-charter-sky-cana-desde-medellin/ ARECOA
  7. https://www.hosteltur.com/lat/140859_sky-cana-recibio-su-primer-avion-y-se-prepara-para-despegar-en-el-caribe.html HOSTELUR
  8. https://www.arecoa.com/videos/2021/01/18/hito-sky-cana-primer-vuelo-sin-destino-rd/ 'Flight to Nowhere
  9. "Booking to set date for flights for over 80 countries".
  10. Aerolínea Nacional Dominicana comenzar dar fechas para sus vuelos a cinco continentes
  11. Nuestra flota
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